Reenforced reel for dye kettles and the like



Feb. 16, 1937. w. J. SIMONDS 2,071,090

REEfiFORCED REEL FOR DYE KETTLES AND THE LIKE Filed March 50, 1956 Jw/ "War/612T 5% Patented Feb. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Warren J. Simonds, Orange, Mass., assignor to Rodney Hunt Machine Company, Orange, Mara, a corporation of Massachusetts Application March 30, 1936, Serial No. 71,627

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a reel for winding cloth or other material.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a reel of strong and rigid construction 5 which will use a smaller amount of lighter gauge metal than has been the case heretofore for the longitudinal strips which form the surface on which the cloth is wound: to provide means for reenforcing the entire reel; to provide a rigid 10 construction of great strength but using only a small amount of material, and more specifically to provide one or more reenforced strips in a helical formation for strengthening the reel and enabling it to better resist the'twisting action 18 which occurs in this class of reels, thus improving the durability and strength of the reel.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying m drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of this invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of a modification, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the 25 line 3-: of Fig.2.

The conventional metal reel for use in winding cloth and the like has circular internal heads as II to support a series of longitudinal bars II.

This constitutes'a simple device and, when they 30 are built with the internal heads in addition to end discs i2, they have considerable strength but they fail on account of the continual bending of the bars II on account of the reel being stopped and started so many times in a dye kettle. In

as the old construction there is no reenforcement to prevent the twistingof the reel when it is stopped and started and the result is the breaking down of the metal itself by fatigue.

According to the present invention. the reel 4|) is reenforced by providing a helical rod l3 extending from the internal head II on one end to the corresponding internal head on the other and preferably spot-welded at It, or otherwise secured, to the flanges of the bars H which are shown in the form of angle irons. This constitutes a strong and rigid structure which, by its helical straps, resists twisting and therefore keeps 6 the bars II in the same position and in the same condition for a long time. It is a permanent construction giving a long service. Furthermore, the helical reenforcement permits the use of lighter gauge metal for the bars II, which metal 10 is comparatively expensive. Thus. a most economical construction is provided. of course, the longer the reel the greater the need of reenforcement against twisting and, if it is very long, a double helical reinforcement is employed as u shown in Fig. 2, one of these rods, as It, being left-hand and the other, as l5, being right-hand. This provides the desired strength and at a distinct saving.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed. otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:-

I. As an article of manufacture, a reel'for dye kettles and the like comprising a head at each end, a series of longitudinal bars carried by said heads, and a reenforcing strip of metal having' each end secured to one of said heads and passing around the reel bars and secured to said bars.

2. As an article of manufacture, a reel for textile goods comprising two end heads, a series of bars secured to said heads and extending from one to the other, and a helical reenforcing strip secured to the heads and to the bars from one end of the reel to the other. a

3. As an article of manufacture," a cloth reel for a dye kettle comprising a series of longitudinal bars constituting the body of the reel and a pair of strengthening rods extending helically in opposite directions from one end to the other of o the reel and secured to the said longitudinal bars.

WARREN J. SIMONDB. 

